Large Font Sizes on first run? (1 Viewer)

[BlueBomber]

Hey everybody - I know there's a topic that is a little similar to this, but I want to make sure that this isn't the same problem.

When I initially start MediaPortal, it looks like this (click for full sizes):


If I close out and then open MediaPortal right away, it looks like the font size is fixed:


Any ideas?

 

[fforde]

I think this is either a StreamedMP issue or a MediaPortal issue. Hopefully you will find an solution here, but if you do not you may want to try the StreamedMP subforum.

 

[ltfearme]

Im not sure what could be the cause of your font issues. Its very strange that it will correct itself.

Have you tried clearing your skin cache and restarting or possibly a uninstall and install of the skin may fix it. Anything apart from default settings you have applied to your system (e.g. non default windows font size) and full logs may help.

 

[BlueBomber]

I think this is either a StreamedMP issue or a MediaPortal issue. Hopefully you will find an solution here, but if you do not you may want to try the StreamedMP subforum.

Ha, you are absolutely right! I didn't even think of that. I swear, whenever I think of the StreamedMP skin I think of Moving Pictures, because it's my favorite plugin. Sorry about that!

Im not sure what could be the cause of your font issues. Its very strange that it will correct itself.

Have you tried clearing your skin cache and restarting or possibly a uninstall and install of the skin may fix it. Anything apart from default settings you have applied to your system (e.g. non default windows font size) and full logs may help.

I read that somewhere else, and I've had mixed results - sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I'm thinking about simply making a script that will delete the font cache on startup, but I'm not sure how much that will help considering how intermittent the problem can be.

Either way, I think I'm just going to wait a week and do a fresh install of everything when my new SSD comes . Hopefully it was a simple install error that won't happen again.

Thanks everybody!

 

[RoChess]

Are you perhaps using any larger scale custom/120dpi setting for font in OS?

It can also be that you do not have the correct font installed on your system that the skin uses. Windows will then pick a close matching font, but this can then lead to weird font related issues, such as enlarged fonts in your case.

 

[BlueBomber]

I do have it set to 150% in Windows 7, but I'm 99% sure that this was still a problem when it was initially set to normal (100%).

I guess that I can check to see if it fixes it when I get home.

Do you know where I can find the exact font used? I want to try everything that I can so I don't run into this problem again when I reinstall.

Thanks for all the feedback!